/*
 *    Copyright 2008,2009 Tim Jansen
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */
package sg.atom.utils.datastructure.serializable;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A Copier implementation to "copy" immutables (actually it does not copy, just
 * returns the reference).
 */
public class SerializingCopier implements Copier {

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see sg.atom.utils.datastructure.serializable.Copier#copy(java.io.Serializable)
     */
    public <T extends Serializable> T copy(T object) {
        return object;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see sg.atom.core.actor.internal.serializable.Copier#freeze(java.io.Serializable)
     */
    public Object freeze(Serializable object) {
        return object;
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see sg.atom.utils.datastructure.serializable.Copier#thaw(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public Serializable thaw(Object storageReference) {
        return (Serializable) storageReference;
    }
}
